| 中文摘要 | 第1-5页 |
| Abstract | 第5-7页 |
| Abbreviations | 第7-10页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第10-14页 |
| ·BACKGROUND | 第10-12页 |
| ·METHODOLOGY | 第12页 |
| ·THESIS STRUCTURE | 第12-14页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW | 第14-22页 |
| ·BRIEF HISTORY OF IRONY RESEARCH | 第14页 |
| ·DESCRIPTION OF IRONY | 第14-16页 |
| ·Classification of Irony | 第14-15页 |
| ·Definition of Irony | 第15-16页 |
| ·Irony and Other Related Tropes | 第16页 |
| ·Irony and "fanyu" | 第16页 |
| ·PREVIOUS ACCOUNTS ON IRONY ABROAD AND AT HOME | 第16-19页 |
| ·Previous Accounts on Irony Abroad | 第17-19页 |
| ·Traditional Rhetorical and Semantic Interpretations of Irony | 第17-18页 |
| ·Pragmatic Interpretations of Irony | 第18-19页 |
| ·Previous Accounts on Irony at Home | 第19页 |
| ·THE TRANSLATION OF SHAKESPEARE'S WORKS IN CHINA | 第19-22页 |
| CHAPTER 3 THEORETICAL FOUNDATION | 第22-31页 |
| ·AUSTIN'S SPEECH ACT THEORY | 第22-25页 |
| ·Austin's Dichotomy between Perfomatives and Constatives | 第22-23页 |
| ·Conditions for Performatives | 第23-24页 |
| ·Austin's Trichotomy of a Speech Act | 第24页 |
| ·Austin's Classification of the Illocutionary Acts | 第24-25页 |
| ·SEARLE'S MODIFICATIONS ON SPEECH ACT THEORY | 第25-27页 |
| ·Modification on the Trichotomy of a Speech Act | 第25-26页 |
| ·Modification on the Classes of Illocutionary Acts | 第26-27页 |
| ·SPEECH ACT THEORY AND TRANSLATION | 第27-29页 |
| ·Meaning,Context,Roles of Translator and Translation | 第27-28页 |
| ·Pragmatic Translation and Pragmatic Equivalence | 第28-29页 |
| ·Significance of Speech Act Theory to Translation | 第29页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第29-31页 |
| CHAPTER 4 APPLYING SPEECH ACT THEORY TO THE CHINESETRANSLATION OF IRONY IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS | 第31-57页 |
| ·DESCRIPTION OF IRONY IN SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS | 第31-37页 |
| ·The Forms of Irony in Shakespeare's Plays | 第31-33页 |
| ·The Pragmatic Functions of Irony in Shakespeare's Plays | 第33-35页 |
| ·The Analysis of Irony in Shakespeare's Plays According to Searle's Classification of Illocutionary Acts | 第35-37页 |
| ·APPLYING SPEECH ACT THEORY TO THE CHINESE TRANSLATION OF IRONY INSHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS | 第37-56页 |
| ·Making Criticism and Expressing Attitudes | 第37-48页 |
| ·Amusing and A Sense of Humor and Wit | 第48-52页 |
| ·Saving Face and Avoiding Counter-Attack | 第52-54页 |
| ·Showing Power and Establishing Solidarity | 第54-56页 |
| ·SUMMARY | 第56-57页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION | 第57-60页 |
| ·GENERAL CONCLUSION OF THE THESIS | 第57-58页 |
| ·LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTED FUTURE RESEARCH | 第58-60页 |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | 第60-63页 |
| PUBLICATIONS DURING THE POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM | 第63-64页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第64-65页 |
